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GOP, Dems hope Supreme Court fight bolsters Senate prospects
WASHINGTON - For Republicans, the nomination fight over Amy Coney Barrett is a chance to seal conservative control of the Supreme Court for decades. For some GOP senators, it's also a lifeline they ho...
Oct 16, 2020
Avalanche of early votes is transforming the 2020 election
More than 17 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record-shattering avalanche of early votes driven both by Democratic enthusiasm and a pandemic that has transformed the...
Oct 16, 2020
Northwest Territories reports three presumptive positive cases of COVID-19
YELLOWKNIFE - The chief public health officer for the Northwest Territories says three people have received presumptive positive test results for COVID-19. A release says one of the presumed cas...
Oct 16, 2020
Sangster to stand trial for charges connected to Laverdiere homicide investigation
The case involving one of the accused in the Tiki Laverdiere homicide investigation is now moving to trial.Jesse Sangster, 24, is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, improperly interfering w...
Oct 16, 2020
PM Trudeau says Canada won't stop calling out China for 'coercive diplomacy'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will not stop standing up for human rights in China - or calling out Beijing for its coercive approach to diplomacy.Trudeau says that include...
Oct 16, 2020
Champagne meets Belarus's exiled opposition, as Trudeau talks to Armenian leader
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will ask Turkey's president to help bring Azerbaijan and Armenian combatants to the negotiating table. Trudeau says he will deliver that message to Presi...
Oct 16, 2020
Ontario, Manitoba looking to ramp up restrictions as COVID-19 caseload nears 200K
Ontario and Manitoba are looking to ramp up COVID-19 restrictions as Canada's caseload inches closer to the 200,000 mark. Ontario reported 712 new infections and nine new deaths related to the virus t...
Oct 16, 2020
COVID-19 case found in Living Sky School Division
A positive case of COVID-19 has been identified in the Living Sky School Division.The case has been diagnosed in an individual in Cando Community School, located in the hamlet of Cando, 48 kilometres ...
Oct 16, 2020
US retail sales grow for 5th month in a row
NEW YORK - Retail sales rose strongly in September, the fifth straight month of growth, as Americans spent more on clothing, cars and sporting goods. U.S. retail sales jumped 1.9% last month, the U.S....
Oct 16, 2020
Aurora Art Group Show and Sale
The Aurora Art Group is hosting its Annual Show and Sale November 19 - 21 at the Prince Albert Arts Centre.There is free entry to the show and sale.All Raffle proceeds go to the Victoria Hospital Give...
Oct 16, 2020